Launching ARK via Steam opens Epic games launcher

[Viral]

WTF did you guys do in that last patch?

[Sam]

Unfortunately, this is your fault. You didn't uninstall Epic.
Make sure Steam is closed. Uninstall Epic. Restart computer. Open Steam, click ARK icon and that should start Steam 's ARK.
If that doesn't work, then I'm not remember this right and you'll need to search through this forum for the right instructions, using "opens Epic." That should be specific enough.

[Morgan]

Originally posted by Sam:

Unfortunately, this is your fault.

No it really isn't

[KippenKaasBaas]

Found it!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/2448217320140704275/

Enjoy the read. We had quite the discussion lol....

[Neoslayer]

This just happened to me today

[Star-X]

Protip: Go into Ark's data folders, find EOS_SDK.dll or whatever it's called, and rename it to EOS_SDK.dll.bak (or just delete it, either works). This will completely remove any trace of Epic's malware from Ark, so long as you aren't trying to connect to an EGS player's server.

[Daniel]

what worked for me is fully closing steam and epic then relaunching steam and launching ark.

[Lori37]

holy 2020 necro batman

[ナオヤ]

Originally posted by Lori37:

holy 2020 necro batman

It's not a necro if the original issue didn't go away. It just shows how incompetent WC is.

Edit: okay, it's technically a necro, but if the issue is still present to this day, it's almost always more economical to continue an already existing thread rather than starting a new one (each thread writes extra entries to database just to announce it exists, even if it's empty). That's not true however, when symptoms of a problem are similar but the issue is actually different.

[Bravo]

Originally posted by Naoya:

Originally posted by Lori37:

holy 2020 necro batman

It's not a necro if the original issue didn't go away. It just shows how incompetent WC is.

Not true

[Morgan]

Originally posted by Bravo:

Originally posted by Naoya:

It's not a necro if the original issue didn't go away. It just shows how incompetent WC is.

Not true

Technically it's a necro. But if the problem is still present then it's better to add a solution to an existing thread than start a new one.

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This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.